It has been a dream of mine forever. I was pissed when the AW "people" canceled the 1970's era "JetWarrior" AKA AW4.
I think it would be cool to drop 300 troopers out of a C-130. Screw ack! Lets see if they can kill all of those! Hehe. AC-130 Spectre vs. ack duel. That would be fun

But on the other hand, think of taking a ZSU-23-4 instead of a Flakpanzer or M-16 halftrack. An M-1 or T-80 instead of a Panzer.
And to all those people that say missiles take all the skill out of A2A fiting, missile go both ways. And even though smart pilots can minimize the shots taken at them, once the missiles start flying your way, dodging them takes a whole other kind of skill.

Hehe... end rant